Garment-fastener.



M. A. WILLBRANDT. GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1912.

1,074,229. Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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MARY A. W'ILLBRANDT, or WASHINGTON, KANSAS.

' GARMENT FASTENERQ Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3%, 1913.

Application filed June 24, 1912. Serial No. 705,657.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, MARY A. WILLBRANDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. a

This invention relates to placket fasteners and has for its primary object to provide complementary fastening members upon the opposite sides of the placket whereby the same may be easily and quickly connected to close the placket, and hold the same against all liability of accidental separation.-

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a fastening device for the above purpose which will eliminate bulkiness, the fasteningmembers being invisible when the placket is closed so that the proper fit and neat appearance of the dress is not detracted from.

Another and more specific object of the invention is to provide a series of hooks formed from a single length of wire, each of the hooks being provided with eyelets whereby the same may be sewed to one edge of the placket, and a series .of loops-also formed from a single length of wire and adapted to be sewed to the opposite edge of the placket, said hooks and loops having coengaging portions whereby the bills of the hooks are disposed in the plane of the looped wire when the parts are connected, and oscillation of the hooks upon the loops prevented, thereby obviating liability of the bill portions being forced through the material and tearing or otherwise injuring the same.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device for the above purpose which is simple and inexpensive in construction, may be easily and quickly applied to the placket of a dress without necessitating numerous measurements, is strong and durable in construction and of great convenience in practical use.

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With the above and other objects in view as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the-invention consists in certain constructions, combinations and arrangement of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation, illustrating the edges of the placket opening in the dress, one of the edge portions being reversed to show the inner side thereof whereon the fastening hooks are secured. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail fragmentary elevation showing the fastening members connected; Fig. 3 i a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the fastening loops.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the accompanying drawing by like reference characters.

Referring in detail to the drawing Fig. 1 indicates the opposite edge port-ions of a dress placket which are adapted to be detachably connected by means of my improved fastener. In the use of the ordinary hook and eye now commonly employed, for this purpose, after a short period of use, the hooks readily become detached from the eyes so that the placket will gape in places, thus detracting from the neat appearance of the dress. Pressure upon the edges of placket will also often force the projecting bills of the hooks through the material of the dress, especially if the same is of silk or other fragile material.

My improved fastener is devised for the purpose of overcoming the above noted deficiencies, and the manner in which these ends are accomplished will be clearly apparent from the following description.

5 indicates a length of wire the gage of which will vary in accordance with the quality and character of the material to which the same is to be applied. At spaced point-s,

the wire 5 is bent upon itself to form eyes 6.

. provide the loop or bill 7 From the bill 7 the wire is then again'returned and provided with a second eye 8 which is disposed in line with the eye 6. From the eye 8, the

wire is extended inwardly and is projected outwardly between the parallel laterally extending portions of the hook to form a resilient tongue 9. From this resilient tongue, the wire is again bent upon itself and extended inwardly to apoint between the eyes 6 and S, from which point the wire extends longitudinally to the eye 6 of the next adjacent hook. In this manner a plurality of hooks are formed in the single wire 5, and these hooks may be spaced apart as desired. The number of hooks will of course vary in accordance with the length of the placket and the weight of the material. These hooks are secured upon one edge of the placket opening, preferably the left hand edge and on the inner face thereof, by sewing the eyes 6 and 8 to the material in the usual manner.

To the opposite side of the placket opening and at a slight distance from the extreme edge thereof, the eyes or loops with which the hooks engage are attached. These eyes or loops are also formed from a single length of wire 10, said wire being bent at intervals to provide spaced pairs of eyes 11. The wire between the eyes 11 is projected laterally and bent into substantially semicircular form to provide loops 12. The intermediate portions of these loops are offset or projected in a plane at right angles to the wire 10 as indicated at 13. These projections 13 of the loops are adapted for engagement with the resilient tongues 9 formed upon the hook members in the manner above described. The wire 10 is secured to the edge of the placket by securely sewing the eyes 11 thereon.

In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, I have shown the hooks engaged with the loops 12, and it will be observed from reference to Fig. 3 that when so engaged, the projections 13 of the loop 12 occupies substantially the entire space between the outer end of the bill 7 and the end of the tongue 9 of the hook. Thus the bill of the hook is maintained in practically the same plane as the eyes 11 and the body of the wire 10. The projections 13 of the loops 12 engaging the extremities of the tongues 9 tend to overcome rocking or oscillatory movement of the hooks upon said loops so that the ends of the hook bills are held away from the material and liability of the same being forced therethrough by pressure upon the edges of the placket is obviated. The offset portions of the wire 12 are curved inwardly and are adapted to bear on the wires of the bill 7, to prevent the medial portions 13 of the loops from moving prevent one or more of the hooks becoming so disconnected from the loops, thereby obviating the objectionable gaping of theplacket which is a common experience in the use of the ordinary hook and eye. It is also apparent that by employing a plurality of 85 connected hooks and loops which are-each formed from a single length of wire, that the necessity. of resorting to numerous measurements in order to insure the proper placing of the loops with relationrto the eyes, upon opposite sides of the placket, is avoided, and it is simply necessary to place the first loops at the top of the placket in proper position with relation to the hooks when they may be laid upon the material and quickly secured thereto without further measurement. As the device is of very simple construction, it will be obvious that the same can be produced at comparatively small cost.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred form and arrangement of the parts, it will be obvious that the same are susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential features or sacrificing any of'the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: V

A fastener of the character described comprising a hook formed from a single length of wire, said hook having a bill and a resili- V ent locking tongue opposed to the bill, the intermediate portion of said tongue being adapted to rest against the free end of the bill, the extremity of thetongue extending obliquely from the free end of the bill to the forwardend of the hook, and a loop also formed from a single length of wire, the wire of the loop being bent upon itself at the ends of the loop to form attaching eyes, the intermediate portion of the wire of the loop being bent inwardly to rest against the wire of the bill and then olfset at right angles to the plane of the body portion of the loop, the offset portion of the loop being of a length substantially the distance between the hook bill and the oifset portion of the loop, and

being adapted toextend entirely across the space between the hook bill and the body portion of'the loop when said 100p and hook are connected, said resilient looking tongue bearing against thecross bar of the ofiset portion of the loop and adapted tonormally hold the hook against rocking movement upon the loop.

MARY A. WILLBRANDT.

Witnesses:

Tnos. H. COBB, CATHERINE SKoUBY.

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